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CHARTER, 

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 

OF THE 

OHIO SOCIETY OF SURVEYORS AND CIVIL ENGINEERS, 

WITH 

LIST OF" ACTIVE iVIEMBERS. 

ORIGINALIvY ORGAlNriZKD. 18^9=80. 



INCORPORATED, 1885. 



ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, 

The Ohio Society of Surveyors and Civil Engineers, 

Filed, January i^, iS8j. 

The undersigned, F. J. Sager, J. B. Strawn, B. F. Bowen, 
Benj. Thompson, John B. Gregory, citizens of the State of Ohio, 
hereby associate themselves to become a body corporate, in 
accordance with the laws of said State, under the following 
Articles: 

First — The name of the said corporation shall be ' ' The 
Ohio Society of Surveyors and Civil Engineers." 

Second — Said corporation shall -be located, and its principal 
business transacted, at Columbus, Ohio. 

Third — Said corporation is formed not for profit, but for the 
purpose of mutual benfit of the members in the science of 
Surveying and Civil Engineering, collecting and preserving infor- 
mation pertaining thereto, and accumulating such property, books, 
papers, documents, articles and instruments, as tend to illustrate 
the same, and has no capital stock. 



F. J. Sager, 
(Signed) J. B. Strawn, 

B. F. Bowen, 
Benj. Thompson, 
John B. Gregory, 



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2 CHARTER, CONSTITUTION, AND BY-LAWS. 

THE STATE OF OHIO, 1 ^ 

Franklin County, j 

Before me, a Notary Public, in and for said county, per- 
sonally appeared the above named parties to this instrument, who 
acknowledged that they did sign and seal the foregoing instru- 
ment, and the same is their free act and deed. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and of- 
ficial seal this 14th day of January, A. D. 1885. 

(Signed) Amos Layman, 

Notary Public. 

THE STATE OF OHIO ) 

Franklin County, / ss. 

I, John J. Joyce, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, which 
is a Court of Record, within and for said County and State afore- 
said, do hereby certify that Amos Layman is an acting Notary 
Public in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn. 
That all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, 
and that at the time of the taking of such acknowledgement, he 
was authorized by the laws of the said State of Ohio, to take the 
acknowledgements and proofs of deeds or conveyances of land, 
tenements, or hereditaments in such State of Ohio. That the fore- 
going signature, purporting to be his, is true and genuine, and that 
the foregoing instrument is executed according to the laws of the 
State of Ohio. 

Witness my hand and seal of said Court, this 14th day of 
January, A. D. 1885. 

(Signed) John J. Joyce, Clerk, 

By Theo. H. Beck, Deputy. 



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OHIO, \ 

Office of the Secretary of State. ( 

I, James S. Robinson, Secretary of the State of Ohio, do here- 
by certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the articles of Incor- 
poration of 'The Ohio Society of Surveyors and Civil Engineers," 
filed in this office on the 14th day of January, A. D.,1885, and 
recorded in Volume 31, Page 434 of the Records of Incorporation. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name 
and affixed my Seal of Office, at Columbus, the 14th dav of Janu- 
ary, A. D., 1885. 

(Signed) J. S. Robinson, [seal] 

Secretary of State. 



CONSTITTUTION 

OF THE 

Ohio Society ^ 

OF 

SURVEYORS AND CIVIL ENGINEERS. 



ARTICLE I. 
This Association shall be called the "Ohio Society of Survey- 
ors and Civil Engineers." 

ARTICLE II. 

Its objects shall be the encouragement of professional improve- 
ment and good fellowship among its members, by annual meetings 
for the presentation and discussion of papers on scientific topics, 
and such other subjects as may be of interest to its members, and 
the collection of books, maps, and all other articles of value to the 
engineering profession. 

ARTICLE III. 

Section 1. Any practical surveyor, civil or other engineer in 
good standing may become a member of this Society. 

Sec. 2. Any person who is interested in engineering im- 
provement or scientific study may be made an honorary member 
by an unanimous vote. 

ARTICLE IV. 

Section 1. The officers of this Society shall be a President, 
a Vice President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Board of Trustees 
of five members, who shall hold office for one year or until their 
successors are elected. 

Sec. 2. They shall be elected on the last day of each annual 
meeting, and their term of office shall begin immediately after the 
presentation of the annual reports at the next annual meeting. 
The society year shall begin at the same time. 

Sec. 3. The President shall preside at all meetings of the So- 
ciety, and shall call meetings at the written request of five mem- 
bers. He shall sign all orders on the Treasurer, all certificates of 
membership, and the records of all proceedings of the Society. 
He shall be an ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees, but shall 
have no vote. 



4 CHARTER, CONSTITUTION, AND BY-LAWS. 

Sec. 4. The Vice President shall preside during the absence 
or at the request of the President. In case of the absence of both, 
a President /7'(9 tern, shall be elected. 

Sec 5. The Secretary shall keep an accurate record of the 
proceedings of the Society, and enter the same upon the journal 
when approved. He shall conduct the correspondence of the So- 
ciety and make a minute of all such correspondence in a book to 
be provided for that purpose. He shall sign all orders on the 
Treasurer, \ all certificates of membership, shall be an ex-officio 
member of the Board of Trustees, but shall ha\^e no vote in the 
Board ; shall be the custodian of all the Society records, shall de- 
liver all such records or other property of the Society in his pos- 
session to his successor, and shall make an annual report. The 
Secretary may be elected Treasurer. 

Sec. 6. The Treasurer shall have the charge of the funds of 
the Society, and shall give bond with two approved sureties to such 
amount as may be required from time to time by the Board of 
Trustees ; and his bond, when approved by the Board of Trustees, 
shall be copied on the journal of the Society, and deposited with 
the President of the Society. He shall pay only such orders as 
have been signed by the President and the Secretary. He shall 
make an annual report of all receipts and expenditures, and shall 
deliver all the Society's books and money in his possesion to his 
successor. 

Sec. 7. The Board of Trustees shall audit the accounts of 
the Treasurer, and determine the assessment per member for the 
following year immediately before each annual meeting, and make 
report to the Society. They shall arrange the programme of ex- 
ercises for each annual meeting, and shall have a general care over 
the affairs of the Society. 

Sec. 8. There shall be appointed during each annual meet- 
ing, seven^ Standing Committees of five members each, whose duty 
it shall be during the year to collate such facts, figures, informa- 
tion and experiments of interest in their respective departments, as 
may be brought to their notice, and make at least one formal 
report to the Society at the annual meeting following their 
appointment. The committees shall be designated as follows, 
and their reports made in the order fixed by the committee on 
programme, viz: 

The Legislative Committee. 

The Drainage Committee. 

Committee to confer with Secretary of State. 

Committee on Public Highways. 

Committee on Land Surveying. 

Committee on Civil Engineering. 

Committee on Blanks and Instruments. 



CHARTER, CONSTITUTION, AND BY-LAWS. 

ARTICLE V. 

Section 1. Any person desiring to become a member of this 
Society shall fill out a blank application to be provided by the Sec- 
retary, who shall present the same when filled out to the Board of 
Trustees, who shall examine the application ^nd if satisfied that the 
applicant is eligible, shall recommend him for membership at the 
same or next annual meeting. All applications shall be returned 
by the Board of Trustees to the Secretary to be by him copied in 
a book provided for that purpose. 

Sec. 2. In elections, members shall vote by ballot, and five 
or more ballots in the negative shall exclude from membership. 
In case of non-election of any applicant no notice thereof shall be 
taken in the minutes. 

Sec. 3. On being elected, the apphcant shall sign the consti- 
tution and by-laws, and pay to the treasury an initiation fee of 
three dollars, after which he shall receive a certificate of member- 
ship. If the initiation fee be not paid within six months from no- 
tice of election, said election shall be considered void. All mem- 
bers shall sign the constitution and by-laws, and are entitled to a 
certificate of membership. 

Sec 4. Whenever any person is elected a member or an 
honorary member, the Secretary shall immediately inform him by 
letter. No person shall be an honorary member unless he signifies 
his acceptance of membership within six months from time of elec- 
tion. Honorary members shall not be liable for initiation fees or 
annual assessments. 

Sec. 5. Every person admitted to the Society shall be con- 
sidered as belonging thereto, and liable for payment of all assess- 
ments, until he shall have signified to the Treasurer his desire to 
withdraw; when, if his dues have been fully paid up, he shall re- 
ceive an honorable dismissal. 

Any member who shall neglect or refuse to pay any assess- 
ment for a period of six months after due notice by the Treasurer 
has been given, shall cease to be a member, and his name shall be 
struck from the roll. He may be reinstated again by the payment 
of twice the amount of the assessment standing against him, and 
all other assessments made up to the time of re-instatement. 

Sec 6. Any member may, for just cause, be expelled from 
the Society by a three-fourths vote of the whole active member- 
ship. All such action shall be taken in secret session. No public 
announcement shall be made of the fact. 



CHARTER, CONSTITUTION, AND BY-LAWS. 

ARTICLE VI. 
The Secretary and two other members, to be appointed by the 
President at the beginning of each annual meeting, shall be a com- 
mittee to compile and publish the annual report of the transactions 
of the Society. They shall include in this report, all items in the 
proceedings of general interest, all papers read before the Society, 
(carefully revising when necessary) and such other matter as may 
seem to them advisable. 

ARTICLE VII. 
The Society may provide for the pay of any or all of its offi- 
cers for their services, whenever deemed advisable, 

ARTICLE VIII. 

Sec. 1. There shall be a fund called the '* Fellowship Fund," 
the interest of which shall be devoted to the publication of the an- 
nual reports, and the fund itself, when large enough, to be used for 
the provision of a permanent place for the meetings of the Society, 
and for the perservation of any donations other than money. 

Sec. 2. This fund shall consist of donations in money, and 
any person miay subscribe thereto ; such subscribers shall be known 
as "Fellows of the Society," and such as are not members shall be 
entitled to all the privileges of the Society, except the right to vote. 

Sec. 3. All subscriptions to this fund shall be paid to the 
Treasurer, who shall invest it by and with the advice of the Board 
of Trustees. 

ARTICLE IX. 

Sec. 1. Whenever ten or more members shall signify in writ- 
ing their desire to form a section of this Society for the advance- 
ment of a special branch of engineering, the Board of Trustees shall 
consider such application, and submit it with an expression of opin- 
ion to a regular meeting for a letter ballot. The application shall 
be granted if two-thirds of the votes be in the affirmative. 

Sec. 2. Such sections shall have the privilege of separate 
meetings for the reading of papers and discussions, at times and 
places to be determined by themselves, but may not assume to trans 
act any business in the name of the Society. 

Sec 3. The transactions of such sections shall be published 
by the Society under the usual regulations, but no expense other 
than for such publication shall be borne by the Society. 

ARTICLE X. 

This constitution may be amended at any annual meeting, by 
a two-thirds vote, but shall never be amended so as to be confined 
to the exclusive use and needs of any one branch of engineering. 



CHARTER, CONSTITUTION, AND BY-LAWS. 7 

By=Laws. 

1. The annual meetings of this Society shall be in Columbus, 
Ohio, at a time to be fixed by the Board of Trustees. Called 
meetings may be at any place in Ohio, agreed upon by the Board 
of Trustees. 

2. One-fourth of the regular members of this Society shall 
constitute a quorum. 

3. The order of business shall be as follows: 

1. Call to order. 

2. Report of Secretary. 

3. Report of Treasurer, 

4. Report of Board of Trustees. 

5. New officers assume their duties. 

6. Address by President. 

7. Reports of committees. 

8. Unfinished business. 

9. New business. 

10. Papers and discussions. 

11. Election of new members. 

12. Election of Officers and miscellaneous business. 

13. Roll-call. 

14. Reading of minutes. 

15. Adjournment. 

4. Every motion shall be stated by the President before debate, 
and before taking the vote, and before being open to debate, shall 
be reduced to writing if requested by the President or any other 
member. 

5. If required by one-fifth of the members present, the ayes 
and nays on any question shall be taken and entered on the journal. 

6. No motion put and lost shall be renewed at the same meet- 
ing, except by general consent. 

7. The Board of Trustees shall provide a place of meeting 
and give at least twenty days' notice to the members of the So- 
ciety. 

8. A record of all donations to the Society, whether in money, 
books, maps, models, or other articles of value, with the names of 
the donors, shall be entered by the Secretary in a book provided 
for that purpose. 

9. The Society may, by a three-fourths vote, go into secret 
session for the transaction of business. 

10. The parliamentary authority for this Society shall be 
"Roberts' Rules of Order. " 

11. The By-Laws may be amended at any annual meeting 
by a two-thirds vote. 



List of Members. 

Name. Business. Residence. 

Arnett Jonathan London, Madison Co. O 

Engineer. 

Ashley, B. J Mt. Gilead, Morrow Co. O 

Civil Engineer and Landscape Gardener. 

Burgess, C. H Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co . O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

Bone, F. A . . . . Lebanon, Warren Co, O 

Surveyor and Patentee Bone's Automatic Fire Escape. 

Buck, J. T , Cardington, Morrow Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer 

Bowen, B. F. . Columbus, Franklin Co. O 

Civil Engineer and Contractor. 

Brown, J. R. C Ironton, Lawrence Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer 

Buchanan, S. A Bellefontaine, Logan Co . O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

Bell, Samuel Marion, Marion Co. O 

County Surveyor. 

BHss, Albert L Northfield, Summit Co. O 

Surveyor. 

Beckman, Lewis Toledo, Lucas Co. O 

Manufacturer Engineering Instruments 

Brown, Christopher N. . . : Columbus, Franklin Co. O 

Assist, to Prof, of C . E. , Ohio State University. 

Burrell, Fred. L 39 City Hall, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co. O 

Civil Engineer and Surveyor. 

Bement, Samuel Toledo, Lucas Co. O 

Civil Engineer. 

Bashore, T. H. B Paulding, Paulding Co. O 

Civil Engineer. 

Blanchard, ¥.. E Warren, Trumbull Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil P^ngineer. 

Bundy, Jos. S St. Clairsville, Belmont Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer 

Boggs, Edward M Columbus, P^ranklin Co. O 

Ass't Engineer, C. H. V. & T. Ry. 

Buxton, Clifford Toledo, Lucas Co. O 

Chief Engineer Ohio Central R. R. 

Craig, Samuel Wapakoneta, Auglaize Co. O 

Civil Engineer and Surveyor. 

Cole, Jedediah Garrettsville, Portage Co. O 

County Surveyor. 



LIST OF MEMBERS. i) 

Name. Business. Residence. 

Cunningham, W. S Marion, Marion Co. O 

Surveyor and Engineer. 

Cassil, Austin A Mt. Vernon, Knox Co. O 

City Civil Engineer. 

Crider, Torrence E Hamilton, Butler Co. O 

Civil Engineer. 

Canfield, Judson W Canfield, Mahoning Co. O 

County Surveyor. 

Davisson, F. M West Manchester, Preble Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

Denison, L. B Delaware, Delaware Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

Denison, W. C Delaware, Delaware Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

Dickinson, L. A Fremont, Sandusky Co. O 

County Surveyor, 

Dimock, E. W Ottawa, Putnam Co . O 

Civil Engineer. 

Doane, L. W Zanesville, Muskingum Co. O 

Civil Engineer and Surveyor. 

Ellis, J. S Perrysburg, O 

Civil Engineer, Supt. , of Drainage of Wood Co. O. 

Fisher, John L Tiffin, Seneca Co. O 

Civil Engineer and Surveyor 

Ferguson, Chas Sandusky, Erie Co. O 

Civil Engineer. 

Gregory, John B Columbus, Franklin Co. O 

Engineer and Contractor. 

Greek, Jacob Upper Sandusky, Wyandotte Co. O 

Surveyor and City Engineer. 

Guy, W. T Marysville, Union Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer 

Gurley, L. E Troy, N. Y 

Mathematical Instrument Maker. 

Geyer, J. L Paulding, Paulding Co. O 

Civil Engineer and Dealer in Hard Wood Lumber. 

Geyer, A. R Paulding, Paulding Co. O 

Civil Engineer and Dealer in Hard Wood Lumber. 

Gyger, Geo. R Homeworth, Columbiana Co. O 

Surveyor. 

Haller, John P P. O. Box 1086, Lima, Allen Co. O 

Surveyor, and City Engineer of Lima. 

Hoover, Oliver H New Philadelphia, O 

Attorney-at-Law and County Surveyor. 

Harvey, John Wilmington, Clinton Co. O 

Surveyor, and Engineer Champion Bridge Co. 



10 1.1 ST OF MEMBERS. 

Name. Business. Residence. 

Hodgeman, F Climax, Kalamazoo Co. Mich 

Surv. and Civil Eng., Author and Compiler of Surv. Man, 

Holl, John H Canton, Stark Co. O 

City Civil Engineer. 

Humphrey, J. S Garden City, Kansa.s 

Civil Engineer. 

Huntington, Erastus Kelley's Island, Erie Co. O 

Surveyor. 

Hudson, D. P Napoleon, Henry Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

Hartford, R. F Columbus, Franklin Co. O 

Hydraulic and Sanitary Engineer. 

Innis, G. S Columbus, Franklin Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

Ireland, James Morrow, Warren Co. O 

Land Surveyor. 

Jones, W. B Van Wert, Van Wert Co. O 

County Surveyor and Real Estate Agent. 

jQnes, Evan C Lock Box 36, Jackson, Jackson Co. O 

Surveyor, Civil and Mining Engineer. 

Jennings, W^ H Columbus, Franklin Co. O 

Engineer C. H. V & T. Ry. 

Judson, Chas. A Sandusky, Erie Co. O 

City Civil Engineer and Superintendent of Water Works. 

Judson, Albert W . . . Sandusky, Erie Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

Ketcham, Geo. H . . Toledo, Lucas Co. O 

Civil Engineer. 

Knight, C. R Akron, Summit Co. O 

Civil and Mining Engineer. 

Kinnear, Josiah Columbus, Franklin Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

Mesnard, L. B Norwalk, Huron Co. O 

Civil Engineer and County Surveyor. 

McCoy, Claudius T Waverly, Pike Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil P^ngineer. 

Miller, ElHot M Greenville, Darke Co. O 

County Surveyor and City Engineer. 

Marble, R. R Columbus, Frankhn Co. O 

Civil Engineer. 

McGormley, Geo Tiffin, Seneca Co. O 

Deputy Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

MuUin, John H Floodwood, Athens Co. O 

Civil and Min. P^ng. and Supt. O. & W. Coal & Iron Co. 

Martin, Claude V Zanesville, Muskingum Co. O 

Civil Engineer. 



LIST OF MEMBERS. 11 

Name. Business. Residence. 

Opdycke, E. B Bryan, Williams Co. O 

Surveyor and Engineer. 

Pampel, D. wT Sidney, Shelby Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

Phifer, Edwin Eindlay, Hancock Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

Paul, Robert S 147 S. Howard St., Akron, Summit Co. O 

Civil and Mining Engineer and Surveyor. 

Paul, T. Dwight Akron, Summit Co. O 

Assis't. P^ng. U. S. War Dep't. 

Paul, George .Cuyahoga Falls, Summit Co. O 

Engineer U. S. Navy, Regular Service. 

Pugh, A. G Columbus, O 

Assist. CityEng. , in charge of Sewers. 

Priest, Francis M Bryan, Williams Co. O 

Co. Surveyor, C. R., and Agt. for Writing Machines. 

Row, W. C. . Circleville, Pickaway Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

Ratermann, Philip Laramies, Shelby Co. O 

Surveyor and Engineer. 

Raudabaugh, John Celina, Mercer Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

Reeder, William London, Madison Co. O 

County Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

Shreve, Ezra D Mansfield and Wooster, O 

Civil and Mining Engineer. 

Shoemaker, C. W Waterville, Lucas Co, O 

Surveyor and Engineer. 

Sager, Fred. J Marysville, Union Co. O 

Civil Engineer. 

Strawn, J. B Salem, Columbiana Co. O 

Civil and San. Eng. and Mfr. Sanitary Warm Air Furnaces. 

Shaw, E. D Minerva, Carroll Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

Sheldon, A. D Whittlesey, Medina Co. O 

Surveyor and Engineer. 

Scarvell, Llewyllen 9th Ward, Zanesville Muskingum Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

Stone, F. P Springfield, Clarke Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

Sharon, William Springfield, Clarke Co. O 

Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

Sutton, Robert Wapakoneta, Auglaize Co. O 

Author and Publisher of the Railroad Maps of Ohio. 

Sager, N. A Toledo, Lucas Co. O 

Assist. Engineer O. C. R. R. 



12 LIST OF MEMBERS. 

Name. Business. Residence. 

Sample, John H Sheffield. Colbert Co. Ala 

Engineer Alabama Improvement Co. 

Thompson, Benj Urbana, Champaign Co. O 

Surveyor and Engineer. 

Varney, J. D. . . .New Court House, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co. O 

County Surveyor and Civil Engineer. 

Van Atta, H. B Nelsonville, Athens Co. O 

Engineer and Surveyor. 

Weitzell, R. S Logan, Hocking Co. O 

Civil and Mining Engineer and Surveyor. 

Wright, J. R Georgetown, Brown Co. O 

Civil Engineer and County Surveyor. 

Weber, H. L Bucyrus, Crawford Co, O 

Civil Engineer and County Surveyor. 

Wickenden, Thos. R Toledo, Lucas Co. O 

Engineer Smith Bridge' Co. 



DECEASED. 

Newman, John Mansfield, O 



HONORARY MEMBERS. 

John Graham , Columbus, Franklin Co. O 

City Engineer. 

Prof. R. W. McFarland Ohio State University, Columbus, O 

Prof. T. C. Mendenhall Ohio State University, Columbus, O 

John N. Lewis Mt. Vernon, O 

George H. Frost New York City 




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